CVE-2026-93116

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-93116
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-93116.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-93116
Downstream
Published
2026-09-17T16:11:23Z
Modified
2026-09-18T03:48:44Z
Summary
platform/x86: asus-wmi: fix resource leaks on probe failure
Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

platform/x86: asus-wmi: fix resource leaks on probe failure

During driver initialization in asus_wmi_add(), various subsystems are registered sequentially. However, the error path labels are out of order relative to the registration sequence.

Specifically:

  1. If asus_wmi_custom_fan_curve_init() fails, the driver jumps to fail_custom_fan_curve. Because this label is placed below fail_sysfs, it bypasses the cleanup calls for the input device and sysfs groups, which were successfully registered before, leaking those resources.
  2. If asus_screenpad_init() fails, the driver jumps to fail_screenpad. Because fail_screenpad is placed below fail_backlight, it bypasses the cleanup calls for backlight and rfkill, leaking those resources.

Fix these resource leaks by reordering the error path labels in asus_wmi_add() to match the exact reverse order of the resource allocations.

Database specific
{
    "cna_assigner": "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/93xxx/CVE-2026-93116.json"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
0f0ac158d28ff78e75c334e869b1cb8e69372a1f
Fixed
3308b8c5f5a28403611a2f5a46f06aabe4f0c661
Fixed
ef3daa2b84a2b8499ce9e2ce1c865dca36d39f95

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-93116.json"

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.17.0
Fixed
7.2.6

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-93116.json"